About Susan
Susan Pulley moved to the Netherlands to teach for the Academy of Ayurvedic Studies in 2008. Shortly after, she founded Atma Ayurveda, an Ayurvedic wellness clinic offering nutrition consultations and Ayurvedic therapies. She specializes in women’s health & menopause, stress, and burnout.
Susan teaches how to use Ayurveda & Yoga to address specific health concerns. She helps people learn practical ways to transform their health and vitality.
A long-time classical Hatha yogini (since 1999) and instructor (2005), Susan also trained in Ayurvedic Yoga, which effectively uses yoga asanas according to the medical condition and body type to restore optimum health.
Susan Pulley
About Susan
Susan Pulley moved to the Netherlands to teach for the Academy of Ayurvedic Studies in 2008. Shortly after, she founded Atma Ayurveda, an Ayurvedic wellness clinic offering nutrition consultations and Ayurvedic therapies. She specializes in women’s health & menopause, stress, and burnout.
Susan teaches how to use Ayurveda & Yoga to address specific health concerns. She helps people learn practical ways to transform their health and vitality.
A long-time classical Hatha yogini (since 1999) and instructor (2005), Susan also trained in Ayurvedic Yoga, which effectively uses yoga asanas according to the medical condition and body type to restore optimum health.
About Ayurveda
Ayurveda uses a variety of methods that enable an individual to rid his/herself of disease. Even simple shifts in food selection, cooking methods and spices according to one’s Ayurvedic constitution yield dramatic improvements.
Ayurveda also uses herbs, Yoga, breathing practices, meditation, Ayurvedic bodywork, warm oil treatments and cleansing therapies with the conviction that if you give the body the right conditions, it has a powerful capacity to return to health. Every cell has inherent intelligence; that is the power of healing from within.
Ayurveda is a complete understanding of all aspects of life. It is an engaging guide for maintaining optimum health as we navigate all of the twists and turns of life.
Atma Ayurveda in the Media
A powerful Triad
Ayurveda, Yoga, and Jyotish (Vedic Astrology) share similar roots. Independently, each could be considered a complete system itself in addition to a life study. At Atma Ayurveda, I use Ayurveda primarily and integrate the others. People come for physical healing from the effects of stress and disease and leave with much more.
Together, they form an even more powerful triad, offering effective guidelines for all aspects of life, from health to psychology to spirituality.
Fun facts about these vedic sciences
Age:
Old. really, really old. 2000+ years old. So old it is said that the knowledge was ‘remembered’ rather than invented or discovered. Which means it is in all of us and always has been.
East meets West:
Historically subdued by conquerors and colonialists, Ayurveda, Yoga and Jyotish are experiencing a revival. Meanwhile, more and more westerners find them to be effective in making changes in their lives. I commonly hear clients and students say they come because Ayurveda feels intuitive and familiar, just as relevant to modern times and their lives as their Indian peers.
Brigitte
THERAPIST AT ATMA AYURVEDA
In 1999, Brigitte started her practice as pedicure and foot reflexologist, where she specializes in treating diabetic and rheuma patients. Then in 2005 Brigitte finished a sports massage study, followed by connective tissue massage and manual lymphatic drainage massage. To gain more knowledge of food habits and lifestyle that she observed to influence her patients so much, Brigitte followed the Ayurvedic Practitioner course at the Academy of Ayurvedic Studies (now Delight Academy; HBO level including Medischebasiskennis). Her internship topic was skin diseases and Vata-management. She has since assisted visiting physician Dr. Shailesh Muli from Pune, India for 3 weeks with Pancha Karma treatments. Brigitte also blends Ayurveda and medical pedicure in her Almere practice where she gives consultations and treatments, and Ayurvedic workshops.
Marije Hoekstra
CONCIERGE EXTRAORDINAIRE AT ATMA AYURVEDA
Marije Hoekstra is our Concierge Extraordinaire – she’s likely the first person you will be in touch base with, and she holds down the admin for Atma Ayurveda. Marije’s a yoga teacher & enthusiast, and she keeps pace with her 3 seriously sporty young boys. Thanks to yoga, she juggles family life, work, and ski competitions – and she does it in style. We hope you’ll love her as much as we do at Atma Ayurveda!
Lena
THERAPIST AT ATMA AYURVEDA
At the age of 12, Lena began working with massage in her mother’s physiotherapy practice. She continued her interest in health and healing with an aerobic instructor training alongside a three-year nutrition course. Lena completed her Swedish Classical Massage Therapist course in 2001 in Gothenburg, Sweden. She has been working for years in close collaboration with physiotherapists at a couple of health clinics in Sweden with both rehabilitation and wellness.
Education:
- Aerobic Instructor 1999
- Nutrition Gymnasium Exam 1997-2000
- Classical Massage Therapist Diploma 2001
- Reiki healing master 2010
- Bachelor in Fine Arts 2012
- Cognitive behavior therapy 2013
- She has also taken courses in Feldenkrais method, drama and dance therapy.
As a physical artist and a passionate explorer in female sexual trauma and healing, she aims to combine all her knowledge into a holistic practice tailored individually to every person’s need, meeting them wherever they are present right now in life.
